James V. Kern
Directing
- Born
- September 22, 1909 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- November 9, 1966 (age 57)
James V. Kern (September 22, 1909, New York City, New York – November 9, 1966, Encino, California) was an American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, and director.
Educated at the Fordham Law School, Kern worked for a while as an attorney. He sang with the George Olsen Trio, and appeared with the Olsen orchestra in the musical Good News. From 1927 to 1939, he sang with and wrote for the Yacht Club Boys quartet, with whom he appeared in several motion pictures.
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He became a screenwriter and later a director. In film, he directed mainly "B" pictures, but after he moved to television, he directed hundreds of series episodes. He was one of the house directors on I Love Lucy in the 1950s. He directed My Three Sons for most of two seasons in the 1960s. When he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 57, several episodes of the show remained only partially completed for the 1966/67 season, so director James Sheldon was brought in by series producers to round out the season.
He joined ASCAP in 1955. His popular-song compositions include "Easy Street," "Lover, Lover," "Little Red Fox," and "Shut the Door."
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Known for
Thank Your Lucky Stars
September 25, 1943
The Second Woman
July 7, 1950
You'll Find Out
November 22, 1940
The Horn Blows at Midnight
April 28, 1945
Never Say Goodbye
November 9, 1946
Two Tickets to Broadway
November 20, 1951
Her Kind of Man
May 11, 1946
East Side of Heaven
April 7, 1939
If I Had My Way
May 5, 1940
The Doughgirls
November 25, 1944
Playmates
December 26, 1941
Shine on Harvest Moon
March 10, 1944
Behind the camera20
- 1960Jack Benny Christmas Show Director
- 1957Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show Director
- 1956Lum and Abner Abroad Producer, Director
- 1951Two Tickets to Broadway Director
- 1950The Second Woman Director
- 1948April Showers Director
- 1947Stallion Road Director
- 1946Never Say Goodbye Director, Screenplay
- 1946Her Kind of Man Original Story
- 1946Movieland Magic